John J. Nascenti Sr., 77, died Sunday, April 7, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.
Born in Brooklyn, he lived in Bergen County for 50 years, moving to Greenbriar at Whittingham in 1992.
He was the owner of a family trucking company, Store Door Delivery Co. in Jersey City, for over 30 years, retiring in 1986.
He served in the Navy during World War II and was a member of St. Bartholomew’s R.C. Church in East Brunswick.
His son, John J. Jr., died in 1998 and his brother, Joseph, died in 1971.
Surviving are his wife of 56 years, Marie (Pecchio); two daughters, Rosemarie Caratozzolo of Teaneck and Anne Marie Pack of Morganville and five grandchildren, Roy and Rosemarie Caratozzolo, Jonathan and Michael Pack and Dominik Nascenti.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, April 10, at the M. David DeMarco Funeral Home in Monroe. A funeral liturgy was celebrated at St. Bartholomew’s R.C. Church in East Brunswick. Interment followed in Holy Cross Burial Park in South Brunswick.
